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“At some of the bigger schools, being on the executive board has become almost like a social status thing,” said Sagen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
"The Forest Temple has always been my favourite Zelda dungeon: a mysterious, haunted mansion in the deep woods, a lost work of man slowly being reclaimed by nature," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
“It’s the same as being in a top sorority.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
"It's not just that you're being rewarded for going to Australia, it's that you're kind of actively being punished for staying here," Sam says.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
But Father prefers me being seen, not heard.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“Human beings have lived in space since the year 2000. It’s an oasis that we, as human beings, built.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Stories involving miniature humanlike beings appear throughout folklore around the world.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
As a result, he takes a holistic approach to each player, seeking to understand them deeply, as footballers and human beings.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
As human beings began to organize themselves into sedentary, agrarian societies, they formed mutualistic relationships with the wildcats that prevented vermin from decimating their grain stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The beings of thought, of land, and of air gazed at their new environment.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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